Anne Leonard’s debut novel isn’t just a fantasy epic, it’s a story of discovery. The main characters, Corin and Tam, discover their place in their kingdoms, their hidden talents, and a blossoming and impossible love for each other, while at the same time the reader discovers the author’s intricate world and its magic, all acting as the backdrop to a tale of plots, betrayals, marauding armies, and hidden agendas.

Two hundred years ago, humans drove the dragons from the islands of May. Now, the last of the dragons rises to wreak havoc anew—with only a healer’s daughter and a kite-flying would-be hero standing in its way.

See below for a review of Jane Yolen and Rebecca Guay’s graphic novel The Last Dragon.

Shadow Scale, Rachel Hartman’s sequel to 2012’s Seraphina, was released months ago and I’m kicking myself for not reading it sooner. It’s full of dragons and music, adventure and magic, and it’s the first book in a long time where I kept counting to see how many pages were left; not because I wanted to finish, but because I knew I was running out of time to stay in the book. I was honestly sad when it was over.

Even though I graduated *ahem,mumble,cough* years ago, I still get a flood of memories around back-to-school season. Many are positive, some less so. By far the best memories involve Anne McCaffrey’s Harper Hall trilogy; my sixth-grade English teacher read the first two books out loud to our class over the course of most of the school year.

First printed in the 1970’s, Dragonsong and Dragonsinger tells the story of Menolly, a lonely teenager living a repressed life in a fishing village that doesn’t have any patience for girls who want to be musicians. Friendless and miserable, she runs away and purely by accident becomes the owner of nine fire-lizards: miniature telepathic dragons who are loyal to her and her alone. Imagine being a somewhat awkward middle-schooler and getting to hear a story like that. If you’ve ever wondered why my twitter and Deviantart names both have the word “dragon” in them, this would be the reason why.

This week on Movie Issues we watched the 1985 cult classic flick The Last Dragon, a movie Spooky loves and Leland has never seen. We talk all about King-Fu, Legos, fat Russell Crowe and a little Mario Brothers. Oh yeah, we’re all over the place in this one.

tl;wr (too long; won’t read) – It’s still in development, so they have some time to add more cool shit. But for now, (1) Haven’t I played this somewhere before? (2) SICK COMBAT SYSTEM – ALRIGHT! and (3) Back to playing WoW.

From what we can tell Bioware’s upcoming RPG, Dragon Age: Origins, is going to be choke full of gratuitous sex, unrelenting violence, and of course dragons. What else could you ask for? This one might be worth upgrading your video card for (or freeing up some hard dirve space for as the install is going to require 20 gigs). The system requirements for what is being referred to as the spiritual successor to the Baldur’s Gate series have been released by Bioware and you can check them out below. Along with PC, the game is slated to be released for Xbox 360 and PS3 on October 20, 2009.

Hit the read link for the specs and some great looking screen shots. Read On